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The Guernsey Yacht Club
(GYC) was officially formed in 1860.
The burgee of GYC is vertically
divided white-red with a contoured coat of arms of Guernsey placed in the white
field.
Source:
http://www.gyc.org.gg/the-gyc/merchandise - Merchandise page, GYC website
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2010
GUERNSEY YACHT CLUB LBG RULES
Rule 28
2. Burgee:
(a) The Club Burgee
shall be white with a red fly and bearing the Guernsey Coat of Arms on the
white.
(b) The Commodore’s flag shall be the Club Burgee Swallow-tailed.
(c) The Vice-Commodore’s and Rear-Commodores’ flags shall be the same with the
addition of one, and two, red balls respectively, in the upper corner.
(d)
The Club’s distinguishing colours shall be Red and White
As usual, the
Rear-Commodore's flag is a bit uncertain. At least we know that both balls go
into the top corner in this case, but are they one beneath the other or side by
side? Every club apparently find their method so obvious that they never bother
to write it out.
By 1902, Lloyd's showed more or less the current design,
be it drawn in 5:9 ratio. I attach the image
of Plate 29 entry 3. However, a correction is added in the text, saying the
shield should be red. This would make the arms the same as in the earlier
publication, and similar to the current depictions. (Lloyd's Register of British
and Foreign Shipping - Yacht Register [LLoXXb]? 1902-1903) The design must have
changed during the 1892-1902 interval. (Considering that the 1902 artwork was
incorrect, it might well be the change has happened that very year.)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg,
27 February 2018
Est: "The Guernsey Yacht Club was officially formed in 1860, but had been
operating informally for 100 years before that."
Location: St. Peter Port,
Guernsey.
Burgee: Pennant 4:7. White field fimbriated red on the fly edges,
superimposed with the Shield of Guernsey surmounted with three green leaves.
Sources: Image: Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1892. Quote:
http://www.gyc.org.gg
Peter Edwards,
2 February 2018